Ludus Protoshield Hookup Guide

This Tutorial is Retired!

This tutorial covers concepts or technologies that are no longer current. It's still here for you to read and enjoy, but may not be as useful as our newest tutorials.

View the updated tutorial: Wireless Motor Driver Shield Hookup Guide

Pages
Contributors: Nick Poole
Favorited Favorite 1

Resources and Going Further

Hopefully by now you've built yourself a robot to play with! Getting moving is just the start, though. For more information, check out the resources below:

Check out some of our other robotics tutorials to take your Ludus ProtoShield bot to the next level.

Serial Communication

Asynchronous serial communication concepts: packets, signal levels, baud rates, UARTs and more!

Actobotics Basic Differential Platform

Get started with Actobotics with this simple vehicle. Then expand and customize it for your own evil robot empire.

HMC6343 3-axis Compass Hookup Guide

How to hook the HMC6343 -- a high-end, tilt-compensated compass module -- up to an Arduino. Never get lost again!

Exploring XBees and XCTU

How to set up an XBee using your computer, the X-CTU software, and an XBee Explorer interface board.